Catching Days

holy guacamole: 247/365

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 16, 2015 | 1 true thing | 0 comments

Would Batman really get married? On Thanksgiving Eve 1966, and all Thanksgiving Day, that was all I could think about. Marsha, Queen of Diamonds, had said “I do,” but we would have to wait until that night to find out if Batman was going to say, “I...

the paris review: 246/365

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 15, 2015 | 1 true thing | 5 comments

For the last year, I’ve had a subscription to The Paris Review–mainly for the interviews–Lydia Davis, Elena Ferrante, Jane Smiley. I wish I could call up literary traditions the way they can–what Dickens contributed, for example, or the way...

the night shift: 245/365

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 14, 2015 | 1 true thing | 4 comments

In Birmingham, the tiny almost one-week old baby is asleep in my room. It’s dark and quiet. There will be small cries. And that feeling of just the two of us in the world. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily...

football: 244/365

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 13, 2015 | 1 true thing | 3 comments

I like. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily practice

the owl room: 243/365

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 12, 2015 | 1 true thing | 2 comments

In the house where I grew up, we added on a family room, and because of my mother’s fondness for owls, which we seized upon at every gift-giving occasion, the new room became known as “the owl room.” Any other owl rooms out there? ~ 365 true things...

comfortable: 242/365

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 11, 2015 | 1 true thing | 0 comments

For a party tonight I did not even consider wearing heels and was entirely comfortable in sandals and a dress purchased post #159. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily...

more than one way: 241/365

by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 10, 2015 | 1 true thing | 2 comments

Tonight I started this post by writing: “There’s only one way to fold a towel.” Then I went to YouTube to find a short video to illustrate my point. Well, it turns out there’s more than one way to fold a towel… However, my mother taught...